ABOUT THIS BOOKAfter the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. This book traces the changes that both underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw the geographic redefinition of China, more engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, developments in the literary and social arenas, and the introduction of new religions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents
Introduction
Chapter One The Geography of the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Two The Rise of the Great Families
Chapter Three Military Dynasticism in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Four Cities in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Five Rural Society in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Six China and the Outside World in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Seven Kinship in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Eight Institutional Religions in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Nine The Literary Field of the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography

After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. This book traces the changes that both underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw the geographic redefinition of China, more engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, developments in the literary and social arenas, and the introduction of new religions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents
Introduction
Chapter One The Geography of the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Two The Rise of the Great Families
Chapter Three Military Dynasticism in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Four Cities in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Five Rural Society in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Six China and the Outside World in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Seven Kinship in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Eight Institutional Religions in the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter Nine The Literary Field of the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography